'Super' Wood Glue, Reclaimed Flooring and Paula Deen Most Read

A new "super" wood glue report was the most viewed item on Woodworking Network in the same week that Paula to clear her name and salvage her career, including a licensing deal with Universal Furniture.

Flooring also proved popular this week, including a story on Maine Heritage Timber's reclaimeing of centruy-old wood from the depths of lakes and rivers in northern Maine and a how-to video on replacing a single floor board.

WWN's story on Fortune Brands, parent company of MasterBrand Cabinets, completing its purchase of vanity cabinet and sink maker WoodCrafters Home Products, also made the top five list of most viewed items for the week.

A wood adhesive uses a new approach to bonding joinery. Eliminating water as a solvent, it is activated by salts contained in the wood fibers, and bonds in minutes. The challenge: users must cut tighter joints.

Universal Furniture, which licenses a line of furniture from Paula Deen, said it plans to send a letter to retailers noting that it is closely monitoring facts emerging from the TV personality's admission that she used racial slurs.

Wood flooring supplier Lumber Liquidators' stock fell 11% to $76.63 following reports of formaldehyde in its China-sourced engineered flooring. An analyst for SeekingAlpha.com said lab test confirmed the high levels of formaldehyde.

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Rich Christianson

During his 25+ years covering the wood products industry, Rich has toured hundreds of manufacturing plants throughout North America, Europe and Asia. His reporting has covered everything from the state of the industry and impact of wood imports to technology and environmental issues. He is currently based in Chicago.